HAPPENINGS OVER THE 4TH

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY AND SAFE JULY 4TH!!!!

AS ALWAYS WE WERE ENTERTAINED WELL BY OUR GOOD FRIENDS IN THE "BEND". THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN ON SAT. STARTING OFF WITH KAREN-OUR HOST-. EVEN ALL GIMPED UP WITH A BUM KNEE AND ANKLE SHE MANAGED TO THROW A LOVELY GATHERING. KEEP IN MIND SHE HAD A LITTLE HELP FROM A FEW LOYAL "GOPHERS"!! LOL!!! THIS IS THE CONTRAPTION SHE HAS TO DEAL WITH WHILE AWAITING SURGERY ON BOTH PARTS. TALK ABOUT A SHITTY SUMMER...WE WILL MAKE THE MOST OF IT THOUGH, CANOE TRIP OR NOT..HA HA..

HERE WE HAVE A FULL SHOT OF KAREN. IN THE BACKGROUND IS JOHN-ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS-HIS WIFE ANGIE IS SEATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF KAREN. VERY FUN PEOPLE, THEY RECENTLY HAD AN ADDITION TO THEIR FAMILY-BLAKE-HE IS IN THE STROLLER AND CONTENT AS EVER. I AM NOT TOO SURE WHO THE OTHER LADY IS BUT ANOTHER NEIGHBOR WHO I WILL MENTION LATER HAS THE HOTS FOR HER. GOSSIP GOSSIP GOSSIP....SHAME ON ME!

NEXT I HAVE TO INTRODUCE THOSE LOYAL "GOPHERS"! THIS IS SHELLY AND GEMMA. SHELLY IS KENNY'S SOON TO BE WIFE AND GEMMA IS A DEAR FRIEND OF KAREN WHO ALSO LIVES IN PITTSBURGH. THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY BACK UP FROM AUCTION HERE. GEMMA AND HER HUSBAND PROVIDED US WITH SOME EXCELLENT FILET MIGNOT.

HEADING UP THIS TROOP IS OUR GRILL MASTER OF THE DAY-JIM. AFTER A QUICK DIP IN THE RIVER AND A STOP OFF AT ABOVE MENTIONED AUCTION WE HAVE JIM-WHO BELONGS TO GEMMA, AND TOM-WHO IS FINER THAN A FROG HAIR SPLIT 3 WAYS BELONGING TO KAREN, AND PULLING UP THE TAIL END IS DAVE BELONGING TO ME...

NO PARTY WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT WINE...A KEY INGREDIENT WOULD ALSO BE HAVING SOMEONE CAPABLE OF UNCORKING THE WINE!!! WATCHING THIS CHIC TRY TO OPEN THIS WINE WAS HILLARIOUS SO I THOUGHT IT WORTHY OF MENTIONING. SAD TO SAY HER AND HER FRIEND LEFT OUR PARTY AND CAUSED HAVOC AT SOMEONE ELSE'S PARTY. I GUESS THEY HAD ONE OF THOSE DOMESTIC DEALS..BUMMER

KNOWING ME AS WELL AS YOU ALL DO, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I FEEL ANOTHER IMPORTANT INGREDIENT TO A GOOD PARTY IS SOME GOOD GREEN...HA HA...I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF AS THIS PIC WAS UPLOADING THAT MAYBE THE DISGRUNTLED COUPLE SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME MORE OF THIS AND A LITTLE LESS WINE. THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING LOVE IN THE BUSHES INSTEAD OF KICKING EACH OTHERS' ASSES AROUND THE YARD RIGHT...?

TOM COULD VERY WELL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DEEP THOUGHT HERE AND KENNY, WELL HE IS JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL DAY WE HAD. THESE 2 ARE ALL BUT INSEPERABLE ON THE WEEKENDS. THANK GOD TOM IS A MAN AND ALREADY HAS A WIFE CUZ I THINK IF HE WERE SINGLE AND FEMALE HE WOULD GIVE SHELLY A RUN FOR THE $$$$. JUST TEASING...NO HARD FEELINGS BOYS. WHAT FUN WOULD LIFE BE IF WE COULDN'T HAVE OUR BEST BUDS BY OUR SIDES?

HERE IS SHELLY SPORTING HER NEW REDNECK HAT THAT SHE RECENTLY PICKED UP ON HER TRAVELS LAST WEEK IN NORTH CAROLINA. SHE IS ANXIOUS TO WEAR THIS HAT AT THE REDNECK THEMED WEDDING THAT IS BEING PLANNED FOR NEXT SUMMER....CAN'T WAIT.!!!!!

LOOKING CUTE AS EVER IS NANCY. SHE IS GOING TO BE SUCH A SOCIALITE. SHE GETS ALONG WITH EVERYONE AND IS ALWAYS UP TO MAKING NEW FRIENDS. AND FROM WHAT I AM TOLD SHE IS MUCH LIKE ME WHEN I WAS A YOUNGEN' WHERE CAMERA'S ARE INVOVLED. A HAM ALL THE WAY. OH WELL WHEN YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL WHY HIDE IT.LOL...

LAST, BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST AS THEY SAY-HERE IS FRANK. I PERSONALLY NOMINATE HIM THE "MVP" OF THIS PARTICULAR PARTY. HE ARRIVED AT OUR PARTY IN HIS SOCKS. THIS WAS DUE TO HIM HAVING ALREADY TAKEN POWER NAP #1. HE VISITED A MOMENT OR TWO WITH US AND RETURNED TO HIS POWER NAPPING #2 UPON WAKING HE MEANDERED HOME WHERE HE DITCHED HIS SOCKS AND FOUND SHOES. THIS WAS BETTER PARTYING ATTIRE SO HE RETURNS. AFTER A COCKTAIL OR TWO POWER NAP #3 SET IN. AS HE WAS ABOUT TO HIT THE FLOOR, FELLOW PARTYGOERS EVER SO GENTLY HELP HIM SLIP TO THE PATIO FLOOR. WE GAVE HIM A PILLOW, COVERED HIM WITH A BLANKET AND PROTECTED HIS "HEAD"GEAR WITH HIS HAT...LOL-HAD TO BE THERE ON THAT ONE..... DURING THIS POWER NAP HE HAD A SHORT VERBAL CONFRONTATION IN HIS SLEEP WITH SOMEONE AND SHORT AFTER AWOKE(NOW FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN ONE DAY). HE POLITELY ASKED IF HE WAS STILL IN THE BEND AND THEN AFTER BRIEF CONVERSATION INSISTED WE WOULD NEVER SEE HIM GO DOWN AND THAT THIS WAS HIS 1ST TIME TODAY AT OUR PARTY IT WAS ABSOLUTELY THE FUNNIEST SHIT I SAW ALL DAY. CONGRATS TO FRANK FOR MAKING MVP.

I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS ENOUGH BLOGGING ABOVE TO MAKE UP FOR ME NOT DOING THIS FOR SO LONG. IT LOOKS LIKE I WILL HAVE SOME TIME ON MY HANDS NOW SINCE I AM UNEMPLOYED FOR THE TIME BEING, SO KEEP CHECKING IN. ACTUALLY THEY NEXT FEW WEEKS WILL BE UP IN THE AIR AS MY SISTER SIS AND HER FAMILY ARE HOME FROM ARIZONA AND I HOPE TO BE SPENDING A GOOD BIT OF TIME WITH THEM. AS WE ALL SHOULD KNOW FAMILY IS PRECIOUS AND WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TIME WELL SPENT WITH THEM. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. I ALREADY HAVE A SHORT BLOG PLANNED FOR TOMORROW SO I WILL TALK TO YOU THEN BYE. PAJA